Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2
Discussion
keeef said:
MarshPhantom said:
Wonder how long the Maxi has been there?Registration number: XWC 421S
? SORN
MOT
No details held by DVLA
Edited by keeef on Friday 16th September 06:33
They certainly don't make 'em like that any more, thank god!
andyps said:
4rephill said:
Tax and insurance on auto-renew and nobody checking the details correctly when it comes to the MOT is most likely.
So long as the insurance company and the tax man are getting their money then they're not going to care too much about the MOT!
The tax man should - it has always been a principle that renewing tax without an MOT is not possible. Technically it did make it possible to have just one day of MOT at tax renewal date and therefore be taxed for 364 days without an MOT but auto-renewal should cover this. No idea if it has been included in the system but it should be that if paying by monthly direct debit for tax it shouldn't be taken if the MOT has expired with the tax system highlighting this to the registered keeper/tax payer.So long as the insurance company and the tax man are getting their money then they're not going to care too much about the MOT!
When you renew/auto-renew your car tax, you declare whether you want 6 or 12 months tax and it is applied from the time of application.
If you pay the tax by monthly direct debit, then you are paying for the 6 or 12 months on an instalment basis, and failure to make payments will see the tax revoked.
Paying by monthly instalments by direct debit is not a "pay as you go" system where you are paying for the tax one month at a time, and so the MOT status is not checked every single month that a payment is due.
So to this day, if your MOT runs out the day after the tax has been applied for, then the car remains taxed for the period applied for regardless of the MOT running out.
Added to that, as the Ferrari 456 in question has clearly demonstrated, the system is not infallible, and it is still possible for a vehicle with no MOT to be taxed.
In this case, the vehicle tax people have had 17 months to notice that the 456 is not MOT'd, and yet they have still happily taken the money for the tax!
The very fact that the Ferrari 456 in question has no MOT, and hasn't had one since 19th April 2015, and yet remains taxed shows that it is perfectly possible
With twin round lamps? Must be a different model than I'm familiar with, I thought the only ones with round lamps were the earlier model that wouldn't have had the wrap-around rear screen.
I was thinking more of a Marcos of some kind, like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Engineering#/... though the shape of the door aperture isn't right.
I was thinking more of a Marcos of some kind, like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Engineering#/... though the shape of the door aperture isn't right.
Edited by droopsnoot on Sunday 18th September 19:16
I think it might be a Fiberfab Valkyrie GT, kind of a GT40-ish wannabe thing. Company is still going:
http://www.fiberfab.us/
http://www.fiberfab.us/
59Impala said:
I think it might be a Fiberfab Valkyrie GT, kind of a GT40-ish wannabe thing. Company is still going:
http://www.fiberfab.us/
Well done, didn't even realise such a thing existed!http://www.fiberfab.us/
This Merc has been parked like this for at least 4 years.
Google streetview shows it first appearing in 2012 but I'm sure it's been there a good year or two before that.
I can't really tell from the images, but I think it's a230 or 280 - not a classic I know, but certainly being left to die!
EDIT: Just managed to zoom in on one of the older images - it's a lowly 220CE
This is the streetview URL
Google streetview shows it first appearing in 2012 but I'm sure it's been there a good year or two before that.
I can't really tell from the images, but I think it's a
EDIT: Just managed to zoom in on one of the older images - it's a lowly 220CE
This is the streetview URL
Edited by TonyRPH on Monday 19th September 18:39
TonyRPH said:
This Merc has been parked like this for at least 4 years.
Google streetview shows it first appearing in 2012 but I'm sure it's been there a good year or two before that.
I can't really tell from the images, but I think it's a230 or 280 - not a classic I know, but certainly being left to die!
EDIT: Just managed to zoom in on one of the older images - it's a lowly 220CE
This is the streetview URL
At least it moved 10 yards between 2008 and 2011.Google streetview shows it first appearing in 2012 but I'm sure it's been there a good year or two before that.
I can't really tell from the images, but I think it's a
EDIT: Just managed to zoom in on one of the older images - it's a lowly 220CE
This is the streetview URL
Edited by TonyRPH on Monday 19th September 18:39
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